Michelle Rhee, Controversial Education Reformer, to Advise New Florida Governor
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No one thought former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee would be out of work for long. Rhee, who could not come to terms with the District's new mayor, has signed on with the education transition team of Florida Gov.-elect Rick Scott, a Republican.
Scott's office said the nationally "recognized education reformer" would help him find innovative ways to "create a new education system for a new economy," the Washington Post reported. Tall task, and the transition office did not spell out Rhee's responsibilities beyond advising. But she certainly ruffled feathers in Washington in her drive to improve one of the nation's worst school systems.
Rhee closed many schools and fired or laid off hundreds of teachers, but she also presided over rising test scores and won respect for her fearlessness in pursuing reform and rooting out deadwood in the system. Her impolitic
Scott's office said the nationally "recognized education reformer" would help him find innovative ways to "create a new education system for a new economy," the Washington Post reported. Tall task, and the transition office did not spell out Rhee's responsibilities beyond advising. But she certainly ruffled feathers in Washington in her drive to improve one of the nation's worst school systems.
Rhee closed many schools and fired or laid off hundreds of teachers, but she also presided over rising test scores and won respect for her fearlessness in pursuing reform and rooting out deadwood in the system. Her impolitic 
